This book contains: 1. The immediate aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet empire in Europe and the Soviet Union itself 2. The convulsive collapse of the former Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo 3. The Gulf War against Iraq and its various sequels 4. The Maastrhict Treaty for the furthering of the Europen Union 5. The tensions in China between economic liberalisation and…
The years of 2000-2004 were presumably very challenging period in conducting 'the final stage' of my work on 'Rethinking the Indonesian Crisis'. Since August 2000 I conducted several in-depth interviews in Jakarta with key people who provided important information. Most of these in-depth interviews have greatly influenced this work, and con- sistently made me rethink and re-evaluate the Indones…
In Dirty Politics, campaign analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson provides an eye-opening look at political ads and speeches, showing us how to read, listen to, and watch political campaigns. Jamieson provides a sophisticated (and often humorous) analysis of advertising technique, describing how television ads use soft focus, slow motion, lyrical or patriotic music (Reagan used "I'm Proud to be an Ame…
The objective of these studies is to provide citizens and policy makers in the Arab world with socio-economic and historical information on the muslim nations in the former USSR as a first step on the path of reviving the previous historical relations between these nations and the Arab world. It should be noted that the cultural, economic, and political ties between Arab countries and these nat…
After a decade of uneasy peace between the Islamic Northern Sudanese and the non-Muslim Southern Sudanese, the traditional antagonism once again erupted into violent conflict in 1983. In the ensuing civil war Arab militias and government troops repressed and devastated much of the southern populace. This man-made disaster was made worse by a series of natural disasters in the form of several pe…
Contents: 1. Why a new political system. 2. Phases of government management. 3. The state of institutions and the rule of law. 4. free elections and the islamization of the election process. etc.
The godfather of Japanese revisionism, author of MITI and the Japanese Miracle and president of the Japan Policy Research Institute explains how--and why--Japan has become a world power in the past 25 years. Johnson lucidly explains here how the Japanese economy will thrive as it moves from a producer-dominated economy to a consumer-oriented headquarters for all of East Asia.
Clinton Fernandes traces the history of West Papua from the colonial era to its incorporation and full-scale transformation under Indonesian rule, and offers a penetrating analysis of the problems posed by the rise of the West Papuan independence movement for Australia's relations with Indonesia. Reluctant Indonesians issues a timely, provocative, and profound chattenge to the orthodox views o…
This book contains: 1. More turbulence in Sudan: A new politics this time? 2. War of visions for the nation 3. Sudan's foreign policy: In search of arms, aid, and allies 4. Islamization in Sudan: A critical assessment 5. The Sharia in Sudah: Implementation and repercussions 6. A missed opportunity? Sudan's stabilization program, 1979-1982 7. Refugees and development: Dissonance in Sudan …
This book contains: 1. The President on APEC 2. Building the spirit of community 3. Trade and investment liberalization and facilitation 4. Economic and technical cooperation 5. Select APEC 1996 documents